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Spotlight Newspapers continues to provide coronavirus related news updates beyond our paywall in the best interest of our community. We ask that if you are able to support our efforts that you please...
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COHOES — The name Planned Parenthood has become rife with commentary. Both sides of the political aisle use the organization — a mainstay in women’s healthcare, especially in areas of...
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COLONIE — Roessleville students can’t come to school … so the teachers and staff went to them. For two hours, with a police escort and officers blocking intersections so as not to...
Music
Sirsy, a duo comprised of Melanie Krahmer and Richard Libutti, travel all over the country. Sirsy is their full-time income; in other words, Krahmer and Libutti make a living from traveling...
Food
Editor’s note: The article was updated on Tuesday, March 24 at 3 p.m. to reflect how Bake For You, a Slingerlands bakery/cafe, will be closed through Monday, March 30; it will then...
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Spotlight Newspapers continues to provide coronavirus related news updates beyond our paywall in the best interest of our community. We ask that if you are able to support our efforts that you please consider buying a...
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GUILDERLAND — Los Angeles-based filmmaker Dmitry Gelfand hopes his upcoming independent film, “My True Fairytale,” is one way he can help people realize the fragility of life and come to terms with how he was not...
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Our weekly podcast “In the Spot” returns! This week, we run through several news stories that will show up on Bethlehem and Colonie editions as well as TheSpot518 on Wednesday, Jan. 22 and on our website at...
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It’s 9 o’clock in the evening, and my phone rings. It’s a phone number from Beverly Hills, and I don’t know anyone in Beverly Hills. By the third ring, I recognize the number. It’s Ron White. Now, if you...
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College undergraduates pursuing English degrees often are told they can accomplish anything once they leave college. Somewhere, there’s a joke in there that may relate to the old “jack of all trades, master of...
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Comedian Dane Cook achieved monumental fame more than a decade ago, but has been out of the limelight over the past three years. With his upcoming tour set to launch — with a stop at the Palace Theatre on Friday, Feb....
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COLONIE — REI is coming to Colonie Center. The hiking and outdoor co-op is looking to renovate some 21,500-square-foot of the interior of the old Sears store and enclose an additional 4,500-square-foot of where the...
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By KATIE HOPSICKER [email protected] DELMAR— Emma White, the youngest ever USA Women’s Cycling Champion, met and rode with local cyclists on Thursday, July 11 at the Real McCoy Beer Company in Delmar....
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Delmar dance studio offers inclusion class and commercial hip hop experience for all By Katie Hopsicker [email protected] DELMAR — Word on the street proves that Delmar has got some new grooves. A local hip hop...
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Our new podcast returns again this week! The employees and interns of Spotlight News have recently created a short and concise alternative to the weekly news; this is a new platform to engage our readers. Preview the...
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Most of you may know him as the guitarist and vocalist in the local music group, “The Greasy Fingers Band”, and a member of the Capital Region Blues Network. But to others, he is also a chief executive officer,...
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ELSMERE — After an extensive discussion which endured until almost 10 p.m., the Planning Board voted unanimously to table a conservation subdivision application to be located at the historic Kleinke’s Farm on 65...
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March 17 brings out the boyos. In the midst of the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, one can observe there are more than a few men sporting a particular hat reminiscent of the style featured on the BBC show “Peaky...
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Our “In the Spot” podcast returns and this time, we’re doing things differently! With a new conversational approach, we discuss our perspectives on the newly-announced shows in the Proctors 2020-2021...
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A 36-year-old Delmar resident will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the fastest time to complete five kendama spikes on Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Bethlehem Public Library’s community room. A kendama is a...
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SLINGERLANDS — Slingerlands Elementary School will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Fifth Grade Musical with a stage production of “Our School” this week. “Our School” is directed and written by teacher...
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Our “In the Spot” podcast returns and this time, we’re doing things differently! With a new conversational approach, we discuss our perspectives on the newly-announced shows in the Proctors 2020-2021...
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COLONIE — The production of Suessical Jr. by the Lisha Kill Middle School Drama Club will run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 7 through Feb. 9. It is a fun, high-energy production with complex choreography,...
